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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1910)
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS. DOZEN MILLS BUSY Sisth Annual Session Begins at Ore Year's Cut in Wallowa Will gon University. 20.000.000 Feet. University of Oregon, Eugene The sixth annual summer seeslon of the university of Oregon, now open under | the direction of Professor H. D. Shcl- I <ion, is expected to be the most sue- Iceaaful and beat attended since tie summer school waa stsu’tad. It will 'last six weeks, oloslng Friday evei- I ing, August 5. Plans are being mide for at least i 150 students. About Ally f these will i be regular students Inking extra work so as to graduate in less than th« re quired four years, and he rnat will be students who have no time to study in ' the winter. Courses are given during the summer ' session in botany, chemistry, educa tion, English composition and liter« | lure, French, Spanish, German, hia- tory, mathematics and physics. W (th the exception of English composition ■ and literature, all the courses will be under the regular heads of the depart- i tnenta. Professor Henry David Grey, of Leland Stanford university, will have charge of the English departmcnL In addition to Professor Gray, other well known educators will give lec ture work in the educational depart ment The course they are grouped i under will comprise a series of thirty lectures on the various phases of school organisation and administration. Horse Breeder Files Complaint. I ped my hands, h« waa to take a deep ' breath and luhalo th« war medicina 'On the Fourth." little liner»« Oupley ■ aa aooo as I removvd the glass stop remarked. per. I don't Iteli«»« a mottos waa lost “I tniet you will all beer In tulnd on the Indian, they ara g<x«t Imita Th« roqueet that I make. It I« email, t tor«. I gav« three war whoops ind am sure ; mm!« tny ext«niporan«*<ius speech A trills. In fact, yon will And. Then I clapped my hands, pulled the I merely would ask that you purchase no cork, and thrust th« ammonia under punk, the chiefs nos«. Ha took a Ion«, No caps or producers of txHee deep breath as directed, and fell back With any Intention of towering n» ward aa one dead To tfce level of common place boys When ho rev 1 vo<l th«.re war« tears "On th« Fourth of July." he conttnued. rolling down hia checks, and 1 ex- "to nie ptH-twl to have no cuore fun that There Is nothing en palpnbly tame Fourth, but her« 1 had not reckoned As crackers, torpwliHw and kindred affairs. on the Indian’s sense of humor When tired in liberty's name. That chief weut out and was as as an oyster about hla treat The popping they make Is Incompetent dumb so close did they ke«p the meni, and i quite secret that every Indian tn the camp To keep i«ce with my patriot's seal. Aad I frankly cuufeee that they never cam« Into that tent singly and took his war medicina without a murmur.— glee vent To the joy that 1 Inwardly feel Gen C A Woodruff THE BOSTON BOY'8 FOURTH. "Ho allow me," «aid ha, "on the Fourth of July Tn peruse, undisturbed In my dan. That document famous which y-era ago came From the studious Jefferson’« pen. Do thia, and at eve 1 will gladly appear. The fireworks costly to see. Tor the rorkets’ red glare and the bombe in the air Will remind me of Frwacie Scott Key." —New York 8un. AN AMUSING FOURTH INCIDENT. Mow Indlaaa Were ImunniU a« VS ar Treated M*«l I <*(««. te What promised to be the dreariest Fourth of July In my Ilf« ended In be I ing oue of the meet amusing I was cent to ths Indian country on Milk river, Montana, to deliver some annu ities. and had to wall several weeks for the Indians to corns tn from their hunting expedition. i The Aaatnibolne Indians came etra«, > one by «ling into camp on«, and • hung around ¿uy camp wtlh undia- gulaed curiosity, I had a headache, and took a quart bottle of axutuoula from my medicine chest and sniffed at the cork. 1 knew how to mystify the Indians, and I did a couple of side steps, rolled my eyes, jerked my body, and pointer my finger to ths cardinal points before taking the dose The Indians were delighted at my pantomime of war medicine 1 told them that whoever took that medicine could never be killed In war, but that I waa afraid they would join forces with ths Hloux and fight against ma If I gave them that dose I knew them to be the greatest foes of the Rioux, but of course I had to be coaxed Into giving away my wonder ful charm After much persuasion I finally agreed to do IL but bargained that It must not be taken tn the preeenco of others It wag so powerful that no novlcw could take the white man's medicine with others watching him. Of course that made a hit with ths Indians at once, and there were many Volunteers to be number one. I selected the chief. He walked Into my toot, and I began my mysterloie [lasaee at him In the meantime 1 had two quart bottles before me One contained water and the other am mon la I made him understand that at the ea4 at my apeerk. whoa I eJap- MAKING ROMAN CANDLES I adtaneaeable Adjaae«« «• a Froeer •rassrsh aS Jaly. In America the manufacture of fire works has become almost a fine art. and no doubt the youth of our country could And this sort of expression for their patriotic enthusiasm on the Fourth of July without drawing on the products of foreign Ingenuity A glance at the catalogue of any on« of the twelve or fift<«en large firms on gaged In making fireworks In thia country discloses almost endlcea lists of devices Every on« know« what a Homan candle la. but few know how thia In dlaiiensable adjunct of a Fourth of July celebration 1» made. First of all In the making comes the pasteboard cylinder, which Is plugged up at one end with clay. After the clay comes a small charge of powder Then a "star" Is pushed down tight on the powder, and chargee of powder and stars alternate until the cylinder Is filled Then a fuse la attached which A Salem A. C. Ruby, who bmeda fine horses and haa hca<iquarters at Port land, haa filed a complaint with the railruati commission against what he alleges unfair treatment by the South ern Pacific company and the Oregon Railroad A Navagation company. The railroads, according to Mr. Ruby, are universally alow in deliver ing ato- k aftir it arrives, the service ia poor and the freight chargee exor bitant. Mr. Ruby says all stallions and jacks are billed at 3,000 pounds, regardless of their actual welgth, and some weigh leas than one third that tlgurv. The men who accompany horses are compelled to pay full first class passenger fare to ride in a box car with the animals. The coat is there fore very high. Recently it cost Mr. Ruby (137 to ship four head from Pendleton to On tario It costs about Ill'll to ship « horse from Klamath Falls to Portland, communicates with the powder near est the top of ths cylinder, which, when It is exploded, sends Its star »ailing upward A fuse running ! through ths candle connects other chars- •« of powder with ths first and explodes them one at a time. each on«' ■ hooting out ths star which la next above IL The stars are made of chemical ml« turea. which vary with the oolors A rod star Is which are produced sometimes made by mixing four parts • if dry niUat« of strontia and Bftsin parts of pulvartssd gunpowder Cop per filings change the color to «reen Itoain. salt and a small quantity of Big Cherry Crop amber make It yellow Hmall particles Eugene The 'season's crop of the of sine change It to blue, and another famous Royal Anne ch«‘rry of the Eu- and perhaps bettor rwl can bo mail« gene fruit district is enormous, The by using a mliturs of lampblack and cannery of the co-operativr association of grower« started up thia week with niter 200 girls and women at work. The •low Kl.ll | yields from older orchards run 12,000 pounds per acre upwards. Cherries will average not leas than 3*« cents a pound. After a short season of handling the grown fruit the manufacture of the Maraschino cherry will begin and about two carloaila per week will be ahippe«! to New York. The chcrriea are given a preservative liquid bath here, then barr«,led and sent to New York, where they are again trealetl and made into the tidbit that goes into I the cocktail that makes the New York I er happy. Htg Jimmy (to little Mickey)—Ba Remodel Map of Oregon. cause I like youee. I’ll sh«w>t off all yei Salem Though initiative petitions fireworks fer yer an" not charge yer have already luen pn-aenled at the off.- a dern penny! ce of the secretary of state which pro As usual, we start In the day after pose by direct enactment to create five determined to have a aane Fourth new Oregon counties next Novemb, r, next time, and henceforth to use no petitions are still being circulat««! in different parts of th«* state asking th other. electorate to create two additional It doe« seem to tha small boy that on« a, making the Hat of new counties he should have one day to spend un to bo created by the people at the next ham tiered by rules and regulations general election a total of seven. Four I>t him go It la a part of a boy's of these new counti«*« are t«> be located in Eastern On-gon and three in West education. ern Orgeon. If they all carry, the map of Oregon will be so badly muti lated the state's own sons will be un WARNING. able to recognise it. Inheritance Tas Fortune. Salem —The state treasurer's office haa received the inheritance tax from the estate of the late Caroline I .add, amounting to nearly (14,000. The net value of the estate was 11,491,194.57. There were five children, each of whom received l29H.23x.92, on which each paid to the state (2,932.39, a total of (I4.M1.9I. The law provides that a discount shall be given for payment of Inheri tance taxes within eight months. This waa taken advantage of. the saving to the relate l>eing (733.10. and leaving the net amount paid to the state treas ury (13.92H85 Cool Weather Heple Apples. Hood River The cool weather in th« Hood River valley has aided the appl< crop. Orrhardiata are propping the trees, preparing for the heavy border of fruit. Apple* have never been sc large. The box factories are running full crews making boxes to meet the drmarxi* A large numtwr of the grow ere are increasing their orders for box es as the season advances. Hood River ia expected to market 400,000 boxes of apples thia year. Total Wallowa The lumlier induatry of Wallowa is daily becoming a more im- (vrtant factor in the growth of the town. From a paltry shipment of 22 car« in the last 12 months, the expor tation promise's to reach n«-arly 20,- iHH/.iHH) fwt during the coming year. Twelve sawmills arc running full blast within a radius of II miles of this city and all are marketing their product here, the bulk of it being |iur- cha/wd by the Nibley Mimnaugh Lum- ber company and the Bear (.’reek Lum ber company. The daily cut of these ‘ 12 sawmills is averaging Very close to 200,000 feet. The largest mill, that of the Nibley- Maimnaugh Lumber company, while in operation for the first time this sea son, ia cutting about 50,000 feet every day; the Bear Creek Lumlier company ia sawing in the *nvighborh<M«i of 40,- :.-«-t daily, f<'Ur nth. r mills are each averaging over 20,000 f«*et daily, and the other mills are sawing from 5,000 to 16,000 feet, according to crew and capacity of the mill. The three largest mills ex|icct materially to in crease their out|>ut within the next few weeks. In order to make the moat of their product, the Niblry Mimnaugeh Lum ber company will have in operation about July I, one of the fineat planing mills and box factories in Eastern Ore gon. It will occupy s Door space of 60x120, exclusive of the lumlier sheds anti power house. It will contain all m<»iem machinery for the surfacing of lumber and the making of boxes. Plans Big Cherry Celebration. ('•»<• (’.wo citizens are preparing for the Aral annual cherry show which will be held when the ripening fruit ia at its beat. The cherry crop will not t>e quite as heavy as last year, when Cove waa one of the few districts that boasted of bumper croja, tart the grade of fruit will I m better and it will ma ture much earlier. About 300 picker* will be needed in Cove alone thia year for a period of throe weeks to care for the fruit Cannery (or Wheeler. Wheeler The Union Fishermen's cannery of Astoria, Or., has been giv en a Hite for a cannery at thia town, and the company will start the erection of the building ao as to be ready fur the fall pack. When the shingle mill ia start««! here thia town will lead all other towns In the county as a manu facturing town ami will have the larg est payroll. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Bluett cm. 81 fci82c; club, ,78c; red Rudaeian, 76c; valley, 80c. Barley Feed and browing, (196(20 per ton. Corn Whole, (32; eracked, (33 ton. Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, (20<a21 per ton, East ern Oregon, (22<<(24; alfalfa, (110(16; grain hay, (17ftt 18. Oats No. 1 white, (25.50 per ton. Green Fruita Apples, Oregon New town, (2 per box; cherries, 5t<> 12c per pound; apricots, (1.256/1.35 per box; (leaches, (1.25 per box; ' plums, (lol. 1.25; gooseberries, 56>6c pound; cur rants, (2 per liox. Berries Strawberries, (1.5(X<>1.65 per crate; black berries, 90c<o(l; rasp berries, (1,666(1.75; loganberritrs, (I <«>1.25; blackcaps, (2 per box. Vegetables Artichok«s, 6<W«>75c per dot on; asparagus, (12 56/2 per box; cabbage, 2<4<« i 2'«c per pound; cauli flower, (2 per dox«-n; head lettuce, f>0 ( ii 60c per doxen; Imthou»« lettuce, 50e in (1 per box; green onions, 15c per doxen; peas, 4'1 Sc pound; pepprni, 20c; radishes, 15r««20c doxen; spinach, 86® 10c pound; rutabagas, S1.264rl.5O sack; carrots, 85co/(l; beets, 11.50; parsnips, 7oc6(I, Potatoes Old Oregon, 606175c per hundred; new California, per pound. Onions- Bermuda, (1.50611.75 crate; red, (2«<>2.22 per sack. Butter- City creamery, extras, 29c; fancy outside crramcry, 286«29c; per pound; store, 20«<i23c. Butter fat prices average I per pound under regular butter prices. Egg» Oregon candled, 26/«/27c per doxen. Pork—Fancy, lll>Frl2e per pound. Veal Fancy, lOoillc, per found. I.ambe -Choice, 86tilc per pound. Poultry Hens, 16c; broilers, 22*-,<ff| 24c; ducks, !46(20c; geese, 116/14«*; turkey«, live, 20c; dressed, 25c; «quatis, (3 per doxen. Csttle Beef stewrs, good to choice, California, (5.75«<t5.9O; good to choice, Eastern Oregon and valley, (5.60ni576; fair to nwdium, (4.SOW4.75; cows and heifer«, go««! to choice, (4 2 56/ 1.80; fair to rmvlium. (3.50«, 4.75; bulb, (3 "f4; stags, (3.506(5; calves, light, (5.756/6.75; heavy, (46tfi. Hog» Top, (9.506t9.76; fair to me dium, (8.406/9.16; fair to medium 8heep Beat wethers, (4.506(5; fair to good wether«, (46(4.25; beet ewes, (4614.60; lambe, choice, (5.506(6; lambs, fair, (4.756(5.25.
